The Turkmen Brigades are Iraqi Turkmens, Iraqi Turkmen militias formed as part of the Popular Mobilization Forces in 2014. The group's commander, Said Yilmaz Najar, rejected proposals for a unified Turkmen militia from the Iraqi Turkmen Front, saying that his group has both Shia and Sunni Turkmen. On 25 September 2016, 16th Brigade announced that the militias would participate in the Hawija offensive (2017), Hawija Offensive.

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Iraqi Turkmen organizations Anti-ISIL factions in Iraq Paramilitary forces of Iraq Popular Mobilization Forces Rebel groups in Iraq Resistance movements {{Iraq-mil-stub